Idle hands : the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990 / John Burnett.

By:

Burnett, John, 1925-2006

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 368 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0203161963
9780203161968
9786610327720
6610327726
9780415055017
0415055016

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Idle hands.DDC classification:

331.13/7941 20

LOC classification:

HD5765.A6 B88 1994eb

Other classification:

15.70
15.64
7,25
83.14
LB 85190
MS 5350
QV 202

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Contents:

Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, 1790-1834 -- chapter 2 A DYING TRADE: THE CASE OF THE HANDLOOM WEAVERS, 1790-1850 -- chapter 3 UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG SKILLED WORKERS, 1815-70 -- chapter 4 UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE LAND, 1834-1914 -- chapter 5 THE 'DISCOVERY' OF UNEMPLOYMENT, 1870-1914 -- chapter 6 'THE WORST OF TIMES?' UNEMPLOYMENT BETWEEN THE WARS -- chapter 7 BACK TO UNEMPLOYMENT, 1970-90 -- chapter CONCLUSION.

Summary: Focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-358) and index.

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Focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems.

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